2.1 Preparing to Install

Oracle WebCenter Portal requires the following software and schemas installed before the install:

Oracle WebLogic Server

WebCenter Portal schemas installed in the database using the Repository Configuration Utility (RCU).

Before you begin, make sure you have completed pre-installation tasks listed in Table 1-3.

2.2 Installing Oracle WebCenter Portal

By default, all Oracle WebCenter Portal products (see Section 1.3, "Oracle WebCenter Portal Products" for a complete list) are installed onto your system. After the products are installed, you can run the Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard to configure the product(s) of your choice.

The installer requires the full path to the location of a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on your system. When you installed Oracle WebLogic Server, a JRE was installed on your system in the jdk160_27 directory inside the Middleware home. You can use this location as the JRE_LOCATION to start the installer.

Specify the absolute path to the JRE on your system before you continue.

2.2.2.2 Viewing the Installation Log Files

After the installation is complete, review the installation log files. The installer writes logs files to the Oracle_Inventory_Location/log (on UNIX operating systems) or Oracle_Inventory_Location\logs (on Windows operating systems) directory. Refer to Section D.2.1, "Installation Log Files" for more information about the log files and their contents.

2.2.3 Configuring Your Oracle Inventory (UNIX Only)

If you are installing on a UNIX operating system, and if this is the first time any Oracle product is being installed on your system with the Oracle Universal Installer, you will be asked to provide the location of an inventory directory. This is where the installer will set up subdirectories and maintain inventory data for each Oracle product that is installed on this system.

Follow the instructions in Table 2-1 to configure the inventory directory information. For more details, click on the screen name in the table, or click the Help button in the GUI.

2.2.4 Following the Installation Screens and Instructions

Table 2-2 lists the screens displayed in Oracle Universal Installer. Follow the instructions in Table 2-2 to install Oracle WebCenter Portal. For details about a screen, click the screen name in the table.

2.3.1 About Oracle JDeveloper

Oracle JDeveloper is a free integrated development environment (IDE) for building Web service-oriented applications, including WebCenter Portal applications, using industry standards for Java, XML, SQL, and Web Services. It supports the complete development life cycle with integrated features for modeling, coding, debugging, testing, profiling, tuning, and deploying applications.

JDeveloper works in tandem with popular open-source frameworks and tools with built-in features for Struts, Ant, JUnit, XDoclets, and CVS, and includes an Extensions SDK that lets developers add capabilities to, and customize, the development environment.

2.3.2 Special Instructions When Installing Oracle JDeveloper for Oracle WebCenter Portal Application Development

This section provides important information to consider when you are installing Oracle JDeveloper with Oracle WebCenter Portal.

Typically, you install Oracle JDeveloper on your development machine and connect to a remote Oracle WebCenter Portal domain to deploy and test your applications.

Note:

Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle WebCenter Portal must not be installed in the same Middleware home directory. You must create a separate Middleware home for each product.

Note:

When you install Oracle JDeveloper on a Windows operating system, be sure that you choose a directory that does not contain spaces. For example, do not use C:\My Home as the installation directory for Oracle JDeveloper. Pages in WebCenter Portal applications are not rendered if there is a space in the path to the installation directory of Oracle JDeveloper.

To build WebCenter Portal applications using JDeveloper, you must install the WebCenter extension bundle. The WebCenter extension bundle is a JDeveloper add-in that provides the complete set of WebCenter capabilities and features to the JDeveloper Studio Edition. For information about obtaining and installing Oracle JDeveloper, see the Oracle JDeveloper page on OTN at the following URL:

Oracle strongly recommends that you set an environment variable for the user home directory (used by JDeveloper to store the runtime files) that is referenced by JDeveloper. By setting this variable, you can avoid receiving long path name errors that are known to occur in some circumstances.